Urban Admin – A Virtual Assistant site built by Wordpress

One of the things I love about designing web sites for other people is engaging in the creative process with them. Sheryl M. Snitkin’s site, Urban Admin, seemed to come together so nicely – because she and I were both open to engage that “creativity” together.

I love to email back and forth a lot with clients. It’s a time to bounce ideas back and forth, and it gives me a chance to really understand where someone is coming from when they say words like “professional, but not corporate!”, “faces and diversity”, “And Purple! I love purple!” Sometimes it takes a bit of clarifying – a bit of hand holding – and ultimately, a sense of “interdependence” – because both of us, me and my client, want to get it “just right.” Working with Sheryl was a pleasure, and her site was fun to create as well!

So.. more about Sheryl and Urban Admin. Urban Admin, located in Minneapolis, MN, is in the business of “Virtual Assistance.”

Just what is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?

Imagine all those mundane tasks you have to do to run a business. You need to make handouts for potential clients for a networking event. Maybe there’s a PowerPoint presentation that you need to do for a seminar you’re giving. Oh, and don’t forget that you need to check your voice mail, update client databases, order supplies, fax documents, etc. If you are like me, these tasks get overwhelming, and a person ends up spending half of their time doing these things, when in reality, what should be happening is what needs to be done to bring in revenue.

This is when you need a Virtual Assistant!

So… Take a deep breath – then get those tasks delegated to someone else, and get yourself back to doing what you do best – YOUR BUSINESS!

So, check out her website, and if you need a Virtual Assistant, contact her!

A bit more about the website…

It was all done using Wordpress, an open source content management and blogging application. Right now, Sheryl’s getting ready to start “blogging”, but she’s not quite ready. One of the great things about Wordpress is that with a few mouse clicks, you can go from having a blog on your site, to just static pages. Once Sheryl has her first blog post ready – a few clicks again, and she’s got a blog on her site!

This is one of the MANY reasons why I’m designing most of my sites with Wordpress. It’s flexible, and can grow as your business grows, and as your marketing grows. Adding pages, adding blogs, adding sidebar items – once the initial work is done in Wordpress, updates and changes don’t cost an arm and a leg to change EVERY page on your site.

For me, with Wordpress running a site, it’s a win-win situation for both the client and the designer. And we can both do what we do best – creatively engage, and go about our passion and business interdependently, and efficiently.